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    How does varying the surface area to volume ratio (2.0046: 1‚ 1.4923: 1‚ 0.9425: 1‚ 0.6480:1‚ 0.5970:1) affect the amount of heat lost over a period of 6 minutes of 50cm3 water with a temperature above 50? b. Prediction and Hypothesis. Make a prediction about what you expect to be the outcome. Explain your prediction using scientific ideas. I predict that the bigger the surface area to volume ratio‚ the lesser the heat will be lost. And the smaller the surface area to volume ratio the more

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    move across the cell membrane is that the carbon dioxide molecules spread out rapidly out your red blood cells down their concentration gradient to your lungs. When water molecules move freely through your cell membrane is called osmosis as we learned last unit. The reason why molecules move across the cell membrane is because they are small molecules that have no charge like oxygen which the cell membrane need to survive. So basically the molecules that move across the cell membrane are necessary

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    1)   Hypertonic refers to _______.   1)   _______   A)   the concentration of solutes that a cell is bathed in   B)   a concentration of solutes that is less than the solutes inside the cell   C)   the concentration of solutes inside a cell   D)   a solution that will cause a cell to swell       2)   What happens to facilitated diffusion when the protein carriers become saturated?   2)   _______   A)   ATP will be utilized for transport.   B)

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    Elena Beetroot Lab 9

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    Temperature on Beet Root Membranes What is the affect of temperature on beetroot membranes? Hypothesis: It is hypothesized that as the temperature increases‚ the deeper red the beetroot water will be. At higher temperatures the proteins in the beetroot plasma membrane will denature‚ leaving holes in the membrane and allowing the red pigment in the cell sap to seep out into the water around it. Variables: Dependent-The dependent variable is the absorbency of the beetroot water after being soak

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    1. The cell membrane structure is vital to the life of the cell. The cell membrane is shaped as having a phosphate head at the very outer surface‚ and two fatty acid tails hanging from it. The membrane is double‚ so at the tip of the fatty acid tails‚ there are two more fatty acid tails attached to another phosphate head. This is what it looks like: <br> <br>The reason the cell membrane is shaped like this is mainly to control the water flow in and out of the cell. Water is very important to

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    Membrane Lab Report

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    Temperature on Membrane Permeability of Beetroot Name: Ghazal Daneshfar E-mail: GDANES200@caledonian.ac.uk Student ID: S1312108 INTRODUCTION The cell membrane consists of mostly phospholipids and proteins which gives the cell its selectively permeable nature. The function and permeability of the cell membrane depends on its whole structure. When destroyed‚ the permeability of the cell membrane is disrupted causing cellular contents to leak out. When cells are cut‚ the cell membranes are mechanically

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    Plasma Membrane

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    The cell‚ which is the smallest unit of life‚ is surrounded by a plasma membrane. The plasma membrane functions somewhat like a wall‚ as it keeps the internal contents from the external environment. Just like a wall‚ the membrane is also somewhat permeable‚ except that the membrane takes a much more active role in determining what is allowed in to the cell and what is kept out. The plasma membrane is a very thin structure‚ which has some very important tasks. One of the main tasks that it performs

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    diffuse into different cells in order to help provide the necessary energy needed for these reactions to happen‚ at the same time‚ the waste products produced after these reactions have taken place have to be removed and excreted. As the organism increases in size through growth‚ more chemical activity will have to happen and the rate of metabolism will also increase‚ which means that more substances have to be taken in and to also be removed. This is where the surface area to volume ratio comes into

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    Beetroot And Colon Cancer

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    living things are comprised of a variety of cells‚ such as kidney cells‚ brain cells and skin cells. Cancer develops when a particular cell mutates‚ then begins to grow and divide. Eventually‚ these cells form a mass called a malignant tumor‚ which often starts to invade surrounding tissue and organs. Super Foods It is thought that up to one third of cancer related deaths could be diet related. Many of the foods we eat today can in fact be harmful to the cells in our bodies‚ particularly ’fast food’

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    Surface

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    Surface Tension of Liquids Karen Mae L. Fernan Department of Chemistry‚ Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan‚ Philippines Date performed: Nov. 22‚ 2012 ∙ Date Submitted: January 16‚ 2013 E-mail: fernankarenmae26@yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract Surface tension is defined as the energy or work required to increase the surface area of a liquid due to intermolecular forces

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